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Chose partners – Decide who will be the tunnel to start the activity. The partner will be moving around the gym and try to close all of the tunnels by moving their ball or beanbag through tunnel.

Guidelines:

The people who are “tunnels” may pass a ball to themselves in the air, while the other students are dribbling their balls. If you’re using a beanbag, the tunnel can just throw and catch with themselves.

The partner will get a ball and begin to dribble with their feet in the playing area. If you’re using a beanbag and just throw and catch in the air, or practice sliding it.

When the activity begins half of the students will dribble their balls on the floor, and attempt to pass a ball through as many tunnels as possible. If you’re using beanbags, you’ll slide it through the legs.

The “tunnel” students should count how many balls or beanbags pass through their legs.

When five balls or beanbags have passed through a tunnel, that tunnel is closed and they sit down.

When all of the tunnels are closed, everyone sits down.

Partners connect with each other and change positions. There are new tunnels and new people moving to see how quickly they can close all of the tunnels.

Teacher may time students, then see if they can improve the time it takes to shut down all of the tunnels.

Setup and Equipment

Form two lines next to each other at one end of the gym. One line is offense, the other line is defense. (Use cones to designate).

One player from the offensive line enters the game with their defensive partner

The defensive partner picks up a foam target and sets in down on a a spot. They will be trying to protect their team’s target.

The offensive partner picks up a foam soccer ball. They will be moving anywhere in the gym in an attempt to knock over other targets by kicking the ball. They cannot work to help their defensive partner.

The teacher will need to stand at the beginning of the lines, to help students get a ball for the offense and a target/pin for the defense. It will help the game to move along if the teacher stays in that area during the game.

Have 3 or 4 people in the “next in line ” to start the game.

Guidelines

Play begins…

The object of the game is for the defensive player on each team to block any shots at their target.

The offensive partner will be moving around the gym and attempt to knock over other targets by using soccer skills, while kicking ball. keep your target up while knocking other targets over.

When a foam target is knocked down -the defensive player should tell their offensive partner that they are out. Then they bring their target to the line and hand it to the next person in the defensive line.

Now the players will switch their roles in the game. The defensive player goes to the end of the offensive line, while the offensive player will now go to the end of the defensive line.

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